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TIL according to a study by scientists from University of Oxford on the best and worst smells in the world, the best smell is vanilla and the worst smell is sweaty feet

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Z8xLB TIL of the "Stoned Ape" theory of human evolution which states that early hominids ate "magic mushrooms" growing in the dung of large African Animals and this helped to rapidly evolve the human brain into a state of higher consciousness.
MeX6W TIL an innocent man spent 17 years in jail until he found his doppelganger with the same first name in the same jail. He was then released.
Ooa6X TIL After the filming of Rush Hour 2, the prop money was so accurate that movie extras tried to pass it off as real on the Strip. The Secret Service then had to confiscate $100 Million worth of prop money and accused the prop money manufacturer - Independent Studio Services - of counterfeiting.
R7gY9 TIL: An Officer in the Air Force was fired for questioning whether or not a drunk President should have the power to launch a nuclear strike.
6JeJ TIL that, to stop the theft of trees in public parks near Christmas time, some cities spray would-be Christmas trees with fox urine. It freezes and is odorless outdoors, but would be unbearable and irremovable if taken into someone’s home.